FAMU Hazing Case: 2 Band Members Plead No Contest

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Two defendants have pleaded no contest to lesser charges of misdemeanor hazing in the beating of a fellow Florida A&M University band member.

Aaron Golson and Sean Hobson then were sentenced Thursday in Tallahassee to 30 days in the Leon County work camp followed by 12 months of probation.

They had been charged with felony hazing. Assistant State Attorney Stefanie Walters said medical records did not provide the required proof of serious bodily injury.

The state also dropped battery charges. Action in the case of a third defendant was delayed.

Police say Bria Shante Hunter was beaten and bruised on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1.

Golson also is one of 11 former band members charged with felony hazing in the Nov. 19 death of drum major Robert Champion in Orlando.

Related on HuffPost:Photos from Robert Champion's funeral

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Comments

[Pointless Agony]

02:52 PM on 05/20/2012

That guy who spied on Rutger student Tyler Clement got ten years and these hazing students who caused a death merely get a few days in jail and some probation years.

[GraphicMatt]

11:16 AM on 05/21/2012

Read the article. This was not the case of Robert Champion, but a seperate incident of a student that did not die.

[JohnyR]

09:50 AM on 05/27/2012

Darun Ravi only received one month ( 30 days ) in County Jail plus 3 years probation and a monetary fine of $11K ... NOT ten years in Federal Prison! He should have received more time. But, I agree with your comment involving the hazing sentence. Unfortunately, both incidents ended in tragedy. I can't understand why we aren't helping each other in this world. Why is there so much anger, hatred and sheer stupidity imposed on one another?

[Joseph Schmoe]

09:01 AM on 05/19/2012

Finally, a minority-on-minority crime that doesn't involve guns and drugs. :-/

[moremoneyfortherich]

05:19 AM on 05/19/2012

I'll never understand our laws -- in NJ a gay man is video spied on and his sexual orientation is disclosed who later commits suicide and the person who spied on him is given 20 year sentence while a gay student in Florida is tortured to death by a 12 people and the max is 6 years

[Wrench Turner]

11:31 PM on 05/20/2012

Most aspects of criminal law (especially in sentencing) is left up to the individual state.

[GraphicMatt]

11:17 AM on 05/21/2012

That would be true if this article were about the Robert Champion case. It is not. Perhaps you should re-read the article.

[ApprxAm]

12:15 AM on 05/19/2012

One down...

[arkymorgan]

06:10 PM on 05/18/2012

The Spiro Agnew defense: I'm really, really guilty and can't possibly escape this, but I prefer not to openly take responsibility for it.

[ButifulSong]

04:14 PM on 05/18/2012

Wow. I life was taken, and there is little/no justice. I can't imagine how his parents feel.
This is a cold world...

[juliusrscottjr]

01:25 AM on 05/19/2012

to bad they didn't have the right judge they all should go to jail the other band members
they knew what was going on and so did those supervisors or what ever you want to call them i got a good word for them AH'S AH'S

[epeeyore]

03:01 AM on 05/19/2012

These pleas were entered in the case of the hazing/beating of another student, not the drum major who died as a result (and only one of these defendants is part of that 11-student group charged with felony hazing for the death). Just to make things clear.